Portwey Hospital

Built of Portland stone, the former hospital became a Grade II listed building in 1974.

[1][2] English Heritage, in their survey of the building, described it as "somewhat austere, but retains externally much of the early fabric and detail".

[1] Following the establishment of the Weymouth Poor Law Union in January 1836, work began that year on the construction of a workhouse at Wyke Road.

Known as the Union Workhouse and later the Poor Law Institution, the building was transformed into Portwey Hospital in 1939.

Plans for fifty-five dwellings to be created were approved in 1992,[5] and the work on the new Union Court was completed in 1993.